Best Metal-compatible graphics card for MacPro5,1 (Mid 2010) running High Sierra


hello,

have mid 2010 mac pro (macpro5,1), running high sierra, in need of metal support graphics development purposes (not gaming). what's current state of graphic cards metal support?

far i've understood, limitations posted apple of not supporting models before 2012 due own configurations of mac pro never shipping compatible graphics card, it's not due hw of mac pro itself, or artificial limitations on software side.

i'm running 4 displays ati radeon hd 5770 1 gb card + nvidia geforce 8500 gt 256 mb, neither of supports metal far can tell.

  • as development purposes, options have cards stable/have stable drivers?
    • amd vs nvidia?
  • do these cards need flashing of custom firmware/roms?
  • is there card give me same 3 outputs have ati radeon hd 5770, while supporting metal?
thanks tips!

tor arne

edit: lots of nice info on http://www.macvidcards.com/
 

the current amd cards use apple's built in drivers, more convenient having keep nvidia's web drivers updated every time there's update operating system. alone steer me toward amd card unless needed run required cuda.
neither nvidia or amd cards require flashed rom, don't show video until drivers load, can't things computer require boot screens.
 


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